Explore the Percussion
Instruments Study
What is a study?
Studies are in-depth, project-based investigations of topics that children find interesting and teachers find full of opportunities to support development and learning.
Explore what’s inside an investigation by opening the Percussion Instruments Teaching Guide.
The Creative Curriculum for Transitional Kindergarten: California includes eight study topics for a full year’s worth of instruction.
Shake, Rattle, and Roll
Explore the resources you’ll use as part of your daily instruction.
Mighty Minutes
These short songs, games, rhymes, and chants are perfect for transitions and for small- or large-group discussion.
Read-Aloud
Play with pre-reading skills like letter-sound correspondence or blending syllables by reading our robust collection of fiction and nonfiction books, stories, poems, puzzles, and activities, available in English and Spanish.
Small-Group Language
and Literacy
Support language development and vocabulary, phonological awareness, knowledge of the alphabet, knowledge of print concepts, and writing skills with our engaging activities.
Small-Group Mathematics
Engaging activities build the essential mathematical process skills of problem-solving, reasoning, communicating, making connections, and representing.
Support Daily Instruction
Cards to support daily instruction and guide independent exploration in your classroom interest areas are included.
• Letter Cards
• Number Cards
• Photo Cards
• Phonogram Cards
• 3-Step Instruction Cards
A Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Approach
Honor the linguistic and diverse backgrounds of all children, including English learners that aligns to the CA ELA/ELD Framework, in each part of daily instruction, with embedded guidance and support for their teachers.
Get Started in Minutes
Watch over 100+ embedded videos from our dedicated coaches that introduce you to each study and support you on every page, in every day of teaching.
• See our daily resources in action.
• Watch modeled classroom activities.
• Learn from experts exploring best practices.
Time-Saving Tools for Teachers
Provide teachers with planning and teaching tools that make their lives easier.
Implement With Ease
Discover all the professional learning and 24/7 support you need, including an 8-week onboarding program, live classes and CEU-bearing courses, and a community of educators and experts.
Planning Made Easy
Plan an entire study or the entire year of plans in a few simple clicks. Easily customize the plans, add your own content, and share with your program leaders.
Engage With Families Easily
Connect families to what their children are learning with our family mobile app, where playlists of daily resources are sent automatically and where you can communicate back and forth.
What’s Included
Nurture children’s curiosity and promote development and learning in every area that is critical to their success as learners with these three components.
Available in English or Spanish, the print kit includes:
Streamline planning, teaching, and family engagement anywhere, anytime, with 24/7 access to the full library of curriculum resources, in both English and Spanish; engaging, multimedia family-friendly playlists tied directly to classroom instruction; a Digital Children’s Library; and two-way communication with families. Designed as a digital aid for teachers to facilitate instruction, communication and streamline administrative tasks so that teachers can have more meaningful interactions with every child. The Creative Curriculum Cloud includes
With The Teacher Membership receive detailed guidance, support, and encouragement through a built-in online professional learning community, embedded microlearning, and flexible courses provided in a variety of formats, including all CDA and CCDF training.
Our Commitment to Excellence
45+ years of innovation in early childhood education
Research-Based, Field-Proven
At Teaching Strategies, research on early childhood development acts as the foundation for all of our solutions.
Whole-Child Focused for All Children
Our research-based objectives for development and learning enable a truly individualized path to success for each child.
Top-Ranked, #1 Curriculum
The Creative Curriculum is top-rated, and was designed for and in partnership with educators across the nation.
Our Innovation and Impact
